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This article features a photo essay documenting each stage of a typical kitten birth. While the birth of each kitten may vary in the details, there is much that is typical in the routine of the average kitten's entry into the world.
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In this article, we follow, in photographs, the breech birth of an Abyssinian kitten, studying each stage of the tail-first presentation and the steps you may take to help aid in a successful delivery.
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When labor and delivery does not go normally, it can be an anguishing decision whether to schedule the mother-to-be for a C-section, or whether to wait and see if the queen can deliver naturally. Test your knowledge and instincts by deciding what you would do given specific birthing scenarios.
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The response to the first article in this series was overwhelming - and so here are 10 more real-life feline pregnancies for you to test your knowledge and instincts by deciding what you would do given specific birthing scenarios.
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The response to the first article in this series was overwhelming - and so here are 10 more real-life feline pregnancies for you to test your knowledge and instincts by deciding what you would do given specific birthing scenarios.
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A Siamese breeder shares her experience with the delivery of a very large kitten that became stuck in the birth canal during delivery..
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Do you know what to when a kitten is born but remains attached to its placenta and the placenta is still inside the mother? Learn the best way to handle this situation.
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Follow the story of a Persian cat that delivered a litter of four heathy kittens, plus two mummified fetuses, both clearly at different stages of development.
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Are you afraid of giving your cat an injection? Does tube-feeding intimidate you? How about giving a cat a pill? Learning new skills can seem overwhelming to the new cat breeder. The good news is that if you can muster up the courage (and knowledge) to try, almost everything is easier to do with just a bit of practice.
One of the responsibilities the breeders assumes during the birth of a litter is counting the placentas to make sure that the number of expelled placentas is equal to the number of kittens born. A retained placenta is a serious risk to the queen's health.
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